Provided that the liability of office bearer shall continue and may be enforced as if the registration of society had not been cancelled.

Procedure on cancellation of registration

1. (1) Where the registration of a society is cancelled, the Registrar shall––
   • (i) direct the society to complete the process of its dissolution by passing a special resolution, collect all its receivables and settle all its liabilities, provide the details of any of its assets left over after settlement of the liabilities and submit a proposal for transfer of its left-over assets to any other society in existence with identical aims and objects;
   • (ii) assess the credentials of a society to whom any such assets are proposed to be transferred by the society under clause (i) and may either approve such proposal or direct the society to place such assets at the disposal of the District Collector;
   • (iii) constitute a committee of members of such society to carry out the process of dissolution of the society where there is no Governing Body or General Body to carry out the directions under clause (i);
   • (iv) be competent to complete the dissolution of the affairs of the society of his own or by appointing any of his subordinates to do the needful where it is not found feasible to constitute a committee of members of such society and in such case the Registrar shall associate any two members from any other society in existence for this purpose.
2. (2) If on dissolution and after settlement of all the liabilities, a society is left with any movable or immovable assets, the Registrar shall, in the first instance, make efforts to transfer all such assets to any other society in existence with identical aims and objects in operation against a proper receipt, failing which, all such assets shall vest in the custody of the District Collector.
3. (3) Where any assets are placed at the disposal of the District Collector, he may either direct the transfer thereof to a society in operation with identical aims and objects or use such assets preferably for the same purpose or for any other public purpose.